Arsenal enjoyed a thoroughly productive evening in the League Cup as they dealt Coventry City an unceremonious thrashing during a 6-1 victory. The man of the match was Andrei Arshavin he performed exceptionally despite being in the cold so far this term, as he swaggered behind Olivier Giroud and setup chances at will, winning a penalty, setting up Oxlade-Chamberlain and Miquel whilst also grabbing himself a goal. Olivier Giroud grabbed the opening goal, his first for the club while a double from Theo Walcott, who was also impressive, completed the scoring with the consolation goal for the Sky Blues coming from Callum Ball.

Arsene Wenger has insisted his Arsenal side are not afraid to spend money as long as they do so in the ‘right way’. The clubs financial situation is expected to be announced this week, with more healthy operating profits and considerable cash reserves but Wenger believes this is testament to their current transfer policy and he insists they will not buy without believing it is in the best interests of the club.

Arsenal’s left-sided operator Andre Santos has been banned from driving for 12 months after admitting driving at speeds of up to 145mph in rush hour traffic. He was caught driving his Maserati in Hertfordshire before being pulled over and arrested close to Arsenal’s training ground. He says he did not realise he was being pursued by officers as his music was playing loudly and he was not paying attention.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 24 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.